Local Government · Illinois

Fire Department

Name: Fire Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Waukegan, IL · ~127 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.6
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Local Government workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Department: 6.6 TCR = 207% of Local Government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
Fatalities: C 0

Safer than 55% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Fire Department held a steady TCR band

Fire Department's TCR held near 0.0 from 6.7 in 2017 to 6.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.7 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.7 · 2018=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921140 · Waukegan, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 207% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK #5/12
PHOTO City of Waterloo
BOOK 2y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Waterloo (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Waterl

6.7
Town of Ayden

6.7
City Hall

6.7
This site

6.6
Montgomery Cou

6.5

What this shows Fire Department averages 6.6 TCR (207% of the Local Government BLS benchmark).

Fire Department TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2018=6.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

239 Local Government establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 12 Local Government employers in Illinois.

Fire Department (127 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 282 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Fire Department has fewer employees than the Local Government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2018	6.6	3.6	13	0	0
2017	6.7	5.6	12	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921140 · IL · Waukegan

239 Local Government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 141 employers in Waukegan, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	City of Waterloo	WATERLOO, IA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Town of Ayden	AYDEN, NC	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City Hall	CEDAR FALLS, IA	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Montgomery County Government	CLARKSVILLE, TN	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pipe Strong, LLC	SCHAUMBURG	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pershing	CHICAGO	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Readycare Waukegan	WAUKEGAN	127 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PLZ Corp	COAL CITY	127 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Waukegan PSD #60	Waukegan	2,420 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vista Medical Center	Waukegan	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Visual Pak Waukegan	Waukegan	807 FTE
CITY-NEAR	American Blending & Filling	Waukegan	793 FTE
NAT-TCR	True Temper Sports-Amory Plant	Amory, MS	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lone Cactus Egg Farm	Bouse, AR	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	TVS-Ladson	Ladson, SC	6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Barber - Birmingham - DTI	Homewood, AL	6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kerrville Bus Company Inc. San Antonio Depot	San Antonio, TX	127 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cloverleaf Cold Storage-Napoleon	Napoleon, OH	127 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Manor Care Health Services - Williamsport North	Williamsport, PA	127 FTE
NAT-SIZE	The Westchester House	Chesterfield, MO	127 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.